Gateway DC-M42 4.0 MP Digital Camera with 3x Optical Zoom
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Digital Cameras Photo Reviews of Gateway DC-M42 4.0 MP Digital Camera with 3x Optical Zoom
Customer Review: Not very good at all, sadly
Summary: 1 Stars
I recieved this camera as a birthday gift last summer and it really hasn't been very dependable. From the very first week it was losing my pictures and finding them again at random (I believe someone else mentioned this as well). I brought it on a class trip only to have the camera die on me. I returned home to find that all the memory card was claiming it was empty, though there should have been well over 100 pictures on the card. Luckily my step dad was able to restore the card and the pictures on it, but the camera has consistently pulled stunts like that. And yes, with different memory cards, so it's not that.
Last month the camera suddenly shut off while I was trying to take a picture with it. It shut off with the zoom lens still out and even though I kept trying brand new batteries it refused to turn back on for more than a few seconds before shutting off promptly. I left it on the mainland when I went on vacation and when I got back it started up perfectly with the same batteries it had shut off with. Go figure.
Besides those problems I've found the photo quality to be terrible. My boyfriend has an Olympus 3.1 MP camera that takes far better quality photos than mine ever has even on the highest quality setting. It also seems to have issues focusing. I'll get it in perfect focus and when I click to take the picture it refocuses before shooting. It could be I'm doing something wrong in that respect, however everyone else who has used my camera complains of the same thing, and I've never had that issue with other digi cams.
In short, you'd be better off with a different camera.
Customer Review: AFTER ADDING MORE MEMORY & BATTERIES
Summary: 5 Stars
i have owned this camera for almost 1 year and have loved the quality of my movies and pictures.(since adding more memory and batteries)
i bought the rechargeable 1800 mah ni-mh batteries,along with a 128 memory card, and have no complaints now about battery life or number of photos and i must add the quality is great.
it took me about 5 days to figure out the best settings for this camera ,and its the little tulip icon for me.i tried auto but it works best for me on the tulip icon.my pic quality is great even inside with low lighting.
i do wish it had an ac/dc connection :O(
THROW THE BATTERIES AWAY THAT COMES WITH THIS CAMERA!!!and get rechargeable (1800aa mah- ni-mhs)batteries(got mines at target)
and a memory card.
EASY USB hook up to my pc makes it very easy to download them to my personal pc files (this is when you will need those better batteries i suggested).
GOD bless and good luck
Customer Review: Seems ok to me....
Summary: 3 Stars
This was my first digital camera, and I'm pretty critical of poor performance but I find the camera just fine.
I maxed out the resolution and added a set of rechargeable batteries. Image quality is excellent as far as I'm concerned, just make sure to leave the exposure setting on Auto.
As with any macro shot you should use a tripod for accuracy, and I find that it doesn't like low light shots. Still, for a cheap digital it does a pretty good job. Want SLR quality? Buy a SLR...
Customer Review: What a horrible little camera
Summary: 1 Stars
I do not have the extra money to spend on another digital camera, but after buying this Gateway peice of junk I have no choice. When I bought it, I got the camera from Best Buy so I could be sure I was getting a quality camera and wouldn't have to bother doing research, but I got burnt. Best Buy doesn't even carry Gateway cameras anymore.
Sure the battery life sucks, and it is of medium size, but the real problem is the picture quality. This thing takes horrible pictures, I CANNOT believe it made it to the market. For a long time I thought I had a broken camera or perhaps there was a recall on the cameras, but no, the camera is just naturally horrible. Outside the camera does fine, but only 1 out of 10 indoor photos will turn out clear. The flash doesn't help the situation at all.
I tried everything to make this camera work. Everything.
I will not purchase anything from Gateway again, and I don't want to sell my camera online because I don't want to shaft anyone else with this horrible little camera.
In the end I am going to get myself a Cannon A75 or an ELPH. Both seem to be highly recommended.
UPDATE: I got myself a Nikon Coolpix 5600 and it is a wonderful camera. The entire Coolpix line seems like a good choice. They are small, take great pictures, lots of cool options, have an SD card slot, etc. Everything you need from a digital camera. I picked mine up at Wal-Mart (of all places) for $250 and put down another $30 on an SD-card. I trashed my Gateway. Didn't want to sell it and rip someone off like Best Buy ripped me off.
Customer Review: Don't waste your money- youll regret it
Summary: 1 Stars
ive gone through 2 digital cameras and im now onto my 3rd one. i first bought the sony cybershot when it first came out only to find out it takes really crappy pictures and had a major problem with it that the company couldnt fix. so after that camera, i bought the gateway digital camera. i was sooo exited to use it and planned on taking it to prom- i thought it would save on film and i would get to take lots of pictures. well, the camera was a HUGE let down. not only did the batteries keep dying (i even had rechargeable ones) but the pictures stunk. the saturation was horrible and most of the pictures came out an off color, not bright vivid colors at all. i was really dissapointed the piuctures were so crappy. rather than the camera saving me money from developing pictures and enabling me to remember my prom, it did the opposite. i went through 5 sets of batteries half way through prom so i dont even have the 2nd half of prom on film. i called the company but they did nothin about it. i continued to use the camera for minimal things, but i finally just couldnt handle looking at my friends digital camera pictures and then looking at mine and seeing a HUGE difference. i just bought the canon elph sd200 and let me say, it may be more money, but it is worth it. if u want to save yourself from throwing away money and just having to buy a new camera (spending more money than necessary), and if u want to look back on ur pictures and enjoy them (not getting angry everytime u see the horrible quality), invest ur money in a higher quality camera, not this gateway piece of junk.